In May 2024, powerful solar activity triggered jaw-dropping northern lights much farther south than usual, turning the sky mesmerizing shades of pink, green and purple over wide areas of the planet. But on Jupiter,

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that auroras on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth.

On Christmas Day in 2023, scientists trained the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on Jupiter's auroras and captured a dazzling light show.The researchers observed rapidly-changing features in Jupiter's vast auroras using JWST's infrared cameras.